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Rankilor is the family name of a British family whose origins were initially Scottish. It is...

Rankilor is the family name of a British family whose origins were initially Scottish. It is thought that thay are a family in the Royal Bruce Clan, and are descendants of the one-time King of Scotland, Robert The Bruce. Before that, they would therefore be connected with William the Conqueror who conquered England in 1066. The name Rankilor is one spelling of the original family group. Others include Rankeillour, Rankeillor, and Rankeilour. There is a small village in Fifeshire, Scotland, called Rankeilour and there is a Rankeillor Street in Edinburgh. There is also a Mr. Rankeillor in Robert Louis Stevenson's book "Kidnapped". The name has a long standing history in the British Isles. The family seems to have something of a tradition of being teachers. One part of the family settled in the Birmingham area, and one member was the founding Secretary of the National Union of Teachers. Another part of the family settled in Guernsey in the 1800s, where in addition to school teaching, they owned the Rankilor Shipyard in St. Sampson's, making boats and schooners. Template:Surname-rankilor I have been researching the name for many years Angela Tunkin (angela@tunkin.freeserve.co.uk) or